Author Profile
Jim Mattis
1950 • American Public • Servant
96
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 96 quotesTo Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase... Rather, it's displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.— Jim Mattis
I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.— Jim Mattis
Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.— Jim Mattis
Sometimes there are no good guys. There are no bad guys. It seems like everybody is in the middle.— Jim Mattis
The Corps is in good hands, and it's been a privilege to serve with the Leathernecks. Now it's time to go.— Jim Mattis
I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I've never apologized for them - and I won't.— Jim Mattis
I was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn't long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.— Jim Mattis
Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.— Jim Mattis
There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.— Jim Mattis
It is not scientifically possible to accurately predict the outcome of an action. To suggest otherwise runs contrary to historical experience and the nature of war.— Jim Mattis
I can't tell you the number of times I looked down at what was going on on the ground, or I was engaged in a fight somewhere, and I knew within a couple of minutes how I was going to screw up the enemy. And I knew it because I'd done so much reading.— Jim Mattis
It's a lot easier to stay idealistic if you don't sign two to five next-of-kin letters every day.— Jim Mattis